The Uncomfortable Pew
Title | The Uncomfortable Pew PDF eBook |
Author | Bruce Douville |
Publisher | McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Pages | |
Release | 2021-05-20 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0228007267 |
In The Uncomfortable Pew Bruce Douville explores the relationship between Christianity and the New Left in English Canada from 1959 to 1975. Focusing primarily on Toronto, he examines the impact that left-wing student radicalism had on Canada's largest Christian denominations, and the role that Christianity played in shaping Canada’s New Left. Based on extensive archival research and oral interviews, this study reconstructs the social and intellectual worlds of young radicals who saw themselves as part of both the church and the revolution. Douville looks at major communities of faith and action, including the Student Christian Movement, Kairos, and the Latin American Working Group, and explains what made these and other groups effective incubators for left-wing student activism. He also sheds light on Canada's Roman Catholic, Anglican, and United churches and the ways that progressive older Christians engaged with radical youth and the issues that concerned them, including the Vietnam War, anti-imperialism around the globe, women’s liberation, and gay liberation. Challenging the idea that the New Left was atheistic and secular, The Uncomfortable Pew reveals that many young activists began their careers in student Christian organizations, and these religious and social movements deeply influenced each other. While the era was one of crisis and decline for leading Canadian churches, Douville shows how Christianity retained an important measure of influence during a period of radical social change.
The Uncomfortable Pew
Title | The Uncomfortable Pew PDF eBook |
Author | Bruce Douville |
Publisher | McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 2021-05-20 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0228007275 |
In The Uncomfortable Pew Bruce Douville explores the relationship between Christianity and the New Left in English Canada from 1959 to 1975. Focusing primarily on Toronto, he examines the impact that left-wing student radicalism had on Canada's largest Christian denominations, and the role that Christianity played in shaping Canada’s New Left. Based on extensive archival research and oral interviews, this study reconstructs the social and intellectual worlds of young radicals who saw themselves as part of both the church and the revolution. Douville looks at major communities of faith and action, including the Student Christian Movement, Kairos, and the Latin American Working Group, and explains what made these and other groups effective incubators for left-wing student activism. He also sheds light on Canada's Roman Catholic, Anglican, and United churches and the ways that progressive older Christians engaged with radical youth and the issues that concerned them, including the Vietnam War, anti-imperialism around the globe, women’s liberation, and gay liberation. Challenging the idea that the New Left was atheistic and secular, The Uncomfortable Pew reveals that many young activists began their careers in student Christian organizations, and these religious and social movements deeply influenced each other. While the era was one of crisis and decline for leading Canadian churches, Douville shows how Christianity retained an important measure of influence during a period of radical social change.
The Uncomfortable Pew
Title | The Uncomfortable Pew PDF eBook |
Author | Lloyd G. Cumming |
Publisher | |
Pages | 158 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | Church renewal |
ISBN |
The Uncomfortable Pew, Or The Troubles of the Church
Title | The Uncomfortable Pew, Or The Troubles of the Church PDF eBook |
Author | Canterbury House (Ottawa, Ont.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 14 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
The Comfortable Pew
Title | The Comfortable Pew PDF eBook |
Author | Pierre Berton |
Publisher | |
Pages | 170 |
Release | 1965 |
Genre | Canada |
ISBN |
Hipster Christianity
Title | Hipster Christianity PDF eBook |
Author | Brett McCracken |
Publisher | Baker Books |
Pages | 256 |
Release | 2010-08-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1441211934 |
Insider twentysomething Christian journalist Brett McCracken has grown up in the evangelical Christian subculture and observed the recent shift away from the "stained glass and steeples" old guard of traditional Christianity to a more unorthodox, stylized 21st-century church. This change raises a big issue for the church in our postmodern world: the question of cool. The question is whether or not Christianity can be, should be, or is, in fact, cool. This probing book is about an emerging category of Christians McCracken calls "Christian hipsters"--the unlikely fusion of the American obsessions with worldly "cool" and otherworldly religion--an analysis of what they're about, why they exist, and what it all means for Christianity and the church's relevancy and hipness in today's youth-oriented culture.
Parenting in the Pew
Title | Parenting in the Pew PDF eBook |
Author | Robbie F. Castleman |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Pages | 161 |
Release | 2012-11-14 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0830866477 |
In this upbeat book Robbie Castleman shows parents how to guide their toddlers and teenagers to participate more fully in the worship of the church. This significantly revised and updated edition includes a new preface and new appendices with ideas for children's sermons and intergenerational community.